Recessionary shocks and regional employment: Evidence on the resilience of u.k. regions

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 109-133

  Fingleton, Bernard ^a   Garretsen, Harry ^b   Martin, Ron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; ERROR CORRECTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGIONAL ECONOMY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84863393096     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: 14679787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9787.2011.00755.x     Document Type: Article

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